Template:Did you know nominations/List of women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:36, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

List of women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland

 * ... that nineteen women have served as cabinet ministers in governments of the Republic of Ireland and its predecessor states? Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/i-think-whats-putting-women-off-politics-is-this-hostile-environment-36373883.html
 * ALT1:... that there was a 58 year gap between the terms of office of the Republic of Ireland's first and second women cabinet ministers? Source: McNamara, Maedhbh; Mooney, Paschal (2000). Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000. Dublin: Wolfhound Press. ISBN 0-86327-759-4. Page 18. Incomplete Gbooks snippet at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VdIzAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Markievicz+had+been+Minister+for+Labour%22&dq=%22Markievicz+had+been+Minister+for+Labour%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7i4_xsfPYAhViCsAKHd1TDXgQ6AEIKTAA
 * ALT2:... that four women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland have served as Tánaiste (deputy prime minister)? Source: Galligan, Yvonne; Buckley, Fiona (December 2017). "Chapter 9: Women in Politics". In Coakley, John; Gallagher, Michael. Politics in the Republic of Ireland (6th ed.). Routledge. p. 291. ISBN 978-1138119451. Gbooks preview at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oW5ADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT291&dq=Mary+T%C3%A1naiste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtw7H1s_PYAhUhIcAKHZeXABIQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Mary%20T%C3%A1naiste&f=false
 * ALT3:... that there was a 58 year gap between the terms of office of the first and second women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland? Source: McNamara, Maedhbh; Mooney, Paschal (2000). Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000. Dublin: Wolfhound Press. ISBN 0-86327-759-4. Page 18. Incomplete Gbooks snippet at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VdIzAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Markievicz+had+been+Minister+for+Labour%22&dq=%22Markievicz+had+been+Minister+for+Labour%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7i4_xsfPYAhViCsAKHd1TDXgQ6AEIKTAA
 * ALT4:... that nineteen women have served as cabinet ministers in governments of the Republic of Ireland and its predecessor states? Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/i-think-whats-putting-women-off-politics-is-this-hostile-environment-36373883.html
 * Reviewed: John Clemm and United States Courthouse (Austin, Texas, 2012)

Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self-nominated at 15:27, 25 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. I have some issues with the hooks. All three link and bold an inordinately large section of the text, which is an issue. The first should just link "nineteen women" and ALT 1 and 2 should probably just link women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland" (with ALT1 reworked as I have done with ALT3). Of the three options, ALT1 is a bit boring, and ALT2 is, I think, too obscure to a broad audience and not as interesting as ALT1. Prefer ALT3 as a rework of ALT1. QPQ done. Image seems relevant and good to go (public domain). —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  23:29, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the prompt review, and glad to know there were no probs with the article. You're absolutely right about overbolding in the main hook and ALT1 (my brain was a bit scrambled after several days polishing tables and timelines), and ALT3 is much better than ALT1. So I have reworked the main hook in less bold form as ALT4. I marginally prefer ALT4 to ALT3 ('cos ALT4 is more overviewy) but I'd be happy with ALT3 and can see the case for a more specific and quirky hook in the "note the oddity" tradition of hooks. Thanks again. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:23, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've struck down to ALT2. I'm fine with Alt 4, though Alt 3 is probably more likely to get clicks IMO. Up to you. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  02:35, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You're right. Time for me to snap out out of the scholar-style pedantry of writing it.  So, yeah, go with the hookiest hook: ALT3. - Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:43, 26 January 2018 (UTC)